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Places trust in rule of law, not guns (LETTER)

Updated:
04/04/2013 10:08:51 PM EDT

I am continually amazed, as an American who takes pride in our Constitution and the freedoms provided us in the First Amendment, that there are people who think that bearing arms, the bigger the better, guarantees their freedoms.

I place my trust in our rule of law and am frankly shocked that elected officials would associate themselves with a different choice for protecting our First Amendment rights.

Many of us including, I would suspect, most gun owners, attended a house of worship recently, most of which considered themselves gun free zones, because our freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Constitution.

The lobbyists may cow elected officials, but Justice Scalia's words in the most recent gun control case should be sobering to them: "Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possessions of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms."

His words should be comforting to most gun owners as well as the rest of our citizens. It is our laws that protect us and our freedoms - not the excesses of a few.

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